Jeremiah 37:1-2

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

Zedekiah’s Vain Hope

37 Zedekiah son of Josiah, whom King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon made king in the land of Judah, succeeded Coniah son of Jehoiakim. ² But neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land listened to the words of the Lord that he spoke through the prophet Jeremiah.